rm ([personal profile] rm) wrote2011-05-05 04:34 pm

hey I just report the news

Remember Survey Fail?

Want to ask those guys a question?

Now you can!

http://www.freakonomics.com/2011/05/05/the-neuroscience-behind-sexual-desire-bring-your-questions-for-authors-of-a-billion-wicked-thoughts/


Do remember that no matter what these people say, they behaved as trolls and bullies to our community, were completely unprofessional as academics and were particularly nasty to women and non-gender conforming people while also refusing to believe that any of us could be scholars. Probably one of the least pleasant episodes I've been involved with on the Internet, and that's really saying something.

[identity profile] mecurtin.livejournal.com 2011-05-05 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much for the heads-up! I left a very pointed comment, and offered to debate Ogas for them.

[identity profile] xtricks.livejournal.com 2011-05-05 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh god. Why is anyone taking them seriously?

[identity profile] xtricks.livejournal.com 2011-05-05 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
And, what happened to all the reviews? The only thing left are like, 5 reviews on Amazon, most of them positive-ish. Does Amazon dump reviews/tags when things get controversial?

[identity profile] darthhellokitty.livejournal.com 2011-05-06 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, that's tragic if so! Some of the very best reading on Amazon is in the bad reviews.